AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - Alan Turing 2012

For the Turing year 2012, the AISB
(The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation
of Behaviour) and the IACAP (The
International Association for Computing and Philosophy) have merged their
annual symposia/conferences to form the AISB/IACAP World Congress. The
congress will take place 2-6 July 2012 in Birmingham, UK.

The Congress has been inspired by a desire to honour Alan Turing and by
the broad and deep significance of Turing's work to AI, to the
philosophical ramifications of computing, and to philosophy and
computing more generally. The Congress is one of the events forming the
Alan Turing Year.

The intent of the Congress is to stimulate a particularly rich
interchange between AI and Philosophy on any areas of mutual interest,
whether directly addressing Turing's own research output or not.

The Congress will consist mainly of a number of collocated Symposia
(follow the link on the left of this
page) on specific research areas, interspersed with Congress-wide
refreshment breaks, social events and invited Plenary Talks. All
papers other than the invited Plenaries will be given within
Symposia. This format is perfect for encouraging new dialogue and
collaboration both within and between research areas. Symposia
last between one day and three days. They will probably each involve
between ten and fifty participants. Symposia will mainly consist of
paper presentations but a few will include other components such as posters,
panels, other types of discussion session, demonstrations, etc.

Also, some related arts events will take place. Some of these will
be within one of the symposia (the Turing Arts
Symposium) and some will be in general areas of the conference
site. Also, there are plans for extra ones at other places.

Submissions to symposia are currently being invited - please follow
the symposia link on the left.